What is the Act that provided the beginning of Head Start in 1965?
Economic Opportunity Act
100
What is Head Start?
A national program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services to children and families
100
What shoudl Non-English background children progress toward?
The English Language
100
What provides educational and other services to children and families who earn income in agricultural work?
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start
100
What types of vocabulary must the children develop?
Complex and Varied
200
What is one of the longest running programs to address systemic poverty in the U.S.?
Head Start
200
What kind of practices must Head Start use as of the Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007?
Research-based practices
200
What must the children recognize as a unit of print?
A word
200
What provides year-round comprehensive child and family development services to low-income pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers ages three to five years?
Head Start
200
What is Head Start?
Provides year-round comprehensive child and family development services to low-income pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers ages three to five years
300
Head Start is administered by?
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
300
What is the requirement for full-time staff as of the Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007?
Develop career ladders and annual professional development
300
How many letters of the alphabet should children be able to identify?
At least 10
300
What type of Head Start must deal with Partnerships?
Family and Community Partnerships
300
What types of awarenesses must children develop?
Phonemic, Print, and Numeracy
400
What is the program called when the families must meet the requirements for the services?
Entitlement Programs
400
What percent of teachers must have a BA or BS in early childhood or related field by 2013?
50%
400
What must the children develop and demonstrate an appreciation for?
Books
400
What provides families with children ages birth to five with comprehensive health, education, nutritional, social, and developmental service to promote school readiness?
American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start
400
What special category of visual graphics can be individually named?
Letters
500
What was the Economic Opportunity Act later named?
The Head Start Act of 1981
500
How does Head Start use parents in their child's education?
Help them make progress toward their educational, literacy, and employment goals
500
What must children associate with written words?
Sounds
500
What provides year-round comprehensive child and family development services to low-income pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers ages birth to three years?